Sergio Perez admitted he must “see what occurs” about his seat at Purple Bull in 2025 after a dismal finish to the championship in Abu Dhabi.
The Purple Bull driver’s woeful season ended on a low observe when he retired from the ultimate race at Yas Marina on the opening lap.
Perez was concerned in a collision at flip six on the primary lap of the race with Valtteri Bottas sending Perez spinning in direction of the rear of the sphere. Though he continued, he misplaced drive in his automotive and pulled off the circuit into retirement on the exit of flip 9.
“It’s been so tough the entire yr,” mentioned Perez. “It simply sums it up.
“It was very unlucky. I obtained hit by Bottas there. That was actually, actually tough what occurred there, sadly. So from then on, we are able to simply look ahead. It’s been a really, very tough yr.”
Regardless of signing a contract extension with Purple Bull early within the yr, Perez has been plagued with rumours and hypothesis about his future on the staff following his constant struggles along with his RB20 and failure to come back even near the efficiency stage of championship profitable staff mate Max Verstappen. Though he has remained adamant he can be within the Purple Bull in 2025, he was far much less assured after the race.
“We all know how tough this yr has been,” he mentioned. So I feel it’s only a matter of discussing what’s finest for everybody going ahead. And we’ll see what occurs.
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“In the meanwhile, it’s all I do know. I’ve obtained a contract to drive subsequent yr, so it will likely be right down to reaching an settlement hopefully, and see what the staff desires to do.”
Perez ended the season eighth within the drivers’ championship on 152 factors, his lowest tally and ending place of his Purple Bull tenure and 285 factors fewer than his staff mate.
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